fear they were vain words." On the 14th, some Indians came to them, and shook them by the hand, one of them saying, "I am glad you are come. When I was in England, I desired that some would speak the great word to me and my nation then desired to hear it; but now we are all in confusion. Yet I am glad you are come. I will go up and speak to the wise men of our nation; and I hope they will hear. But we would not be made Christians, as the Spaniards make Christians we would be taught, before we are baptized." The house at Savannah, where they were to reside, hot being ready, Mr. Wesley with Mr. Delamotte, took up their lodging with the Germans. Here they had an opportunity of being better acquainted with them, and of closely observing the whole of their behaviour, from morning till night. Mr. Wesley gives them an excellent character. He tells us, "They were always employed, always cheerful themselves, and in good humour with one another. They had put away all anger, and strife, and wrath, and bitterness, and clamour, and evil speaking. They walked worthy of the vocation wherewith they were called, and adorned the Gospel of our Lord in all things." He adds, "Feb. 28. They met to consult concerning the affairs of their church. After several hours spent in conference and prayer, they proceeded to the election and ordination of a bishop. The great simplicity, as well as solemnity of the whole, almost made me forget the seventeen hundred years between, and imagine myself in one of those assemblies where form and state were not; but Paul the tent-maker, or Peter the fisherman presided; yet with the demonstration of the spirit and of power," Sunday, Sunday, March 7. He entered on his ministry at Savannah, by preaching on the epistle for the day, being the 13th of the first of Corinthians. In the second lesson, Luke xviii. was our Lord's prediction of the treatment which he himself, and consequently his followers, was to meet with from the world.-He adds, "Yet notwithstanding those plain declarations of our Lord; notwithstanding my own repeated experience ; notwithstanding the experience of all the sincere followers of Christ, whom I have ever talked with, read, or heard of: nay and the reason of the thing, evincing to a demonstration, that all who love not the light must hate him who is continually labouring to pour it in upon them I do here bear witness against myself, that when I saw the number of people crouding into the church, the deep attention with which they received the word, and the seriousness that afterwards sat on all their faces; I could scarce refrain from giving the lie to experience and reason and scripture all together. I could hardly believe that the greater, the far greater part of this attentive serious people, would hereafter. trample under foot that word, and say all manner of evil falsely of him that spake it." On the 18th, Mr. Wesley wrote to his mother as follows: "I doubt but you are already informed of the many blessings which God gave us in our passage; as my brother Wesley must before now, have received a particular account of the circumstances of our voyage; which he would not fail to transmit to you by the first opportunity. "We are likely to stay here some months. The place is pleasant beyond imagination; and by all I can learn exceeding healthful,-even in suinmer, for those who are not intemperate. It has pleased God, that I my have not had a moment's illness of any kind since I set my foot upon the Continent: nor do I know any more than one of my seven hundred parishioners, who is sick at this time. Many of them indeed, are, I believe, very angry already for a gentleman, no longer ago than last night, made a ball; but the public prayers happening to begin about the same time, the church was full, and the Ball-room so empty, that the entertainment could not go forward. "I should be heartily glad if any poor and religious men or women of Epworth or Wroote, would come over to me. And so would Mr. Oglethorpe too: he would give them land enough, and provisions gratis, till they could live on the produce of it. I was fully determined to have wrote to my dear Emmy to-day; but time will not permit. Oh hope ye still in God! for ye shall yet give him thanks, who is the help of your countenance, and your God! Renounce the world: deny yourselves: bear your cross with Christ, and reign with him! My brother Hooper, too has a constant place in our prayers. May the good God give him the same zeal for holiness which he has given to a young gentleman of Rotterdam, who was with me last night. Pray for us, and especially for, dear Mother, your dutiful and affectionate son, John Wesley." Mr. Wesley being now informed of the opposition which his brother Charles met with at Frederica; on the 22nd of March wrote to him the following letter— "How different are the ways wherein we are led, yet I hope toward the same end. I have hitherto no opposition at all all is smooth, and fair, and promising. Many seem to be awakened: all are full of respect and commendation. We cannot see any cloud gathering His eldest sister Emilia. But But this calm cannot last; storms must come hither too : and let them come when we are ready to meet them. "'Tis strange so many of our friends should still trust in God! I hope indeed, whoever turns to the world, Mr. Tackner and Betty, with Mr. Hird's family, and Mr. Burk, will zealously aim at the prize of their high calling. These especially I exhort by the mercies of God, that they be not weary of well doing, but that they labour more and more to be meek and lowly, and daily to advance in the knowledge and love of God. I hope too, Mr. Weston, Mr. Moore, Mr. Allen, and Mr. White, as well as Mr. Ward and his wife, continue in the same wise resolutions. I must not forget Mr. Reed, and Mr. Daubry, both of whom I left fully determined to shake off every weight, and with all their might pursue the one thing needful. "Conciones omnes meas jamnunc habes, præter istas quas misi. Aliquæ in pyxide sunt (de quâ ne verbum scribis) unà cum bibliis in quarto. Libra de disciplinâ quam celerrime potes, remittendus est. Quanta est concordia fratrum: Tui volo et fratris B. You have now all my sermons, except those which I have sent. Some are in the box (of which you say not a word) together with the Bible in quarto. The book of discipline must be sent back as soon as possible. How great is the concord of brethren: I mean of Thee and brother B. "You are not, I think, at liberty spípioła się rò idm ἕως οι συμφυλέται σε απωθεσί σε, to turn to the Gentiles till your own countrymen shall cast you out. If that period come soon, so much the better: only in the mean while, reprove and exhort with all authority, even though all men should despise thee. Αποβήσεταί σοι εις μαρτύριον. Ιt shall turn to thee for a testimony.* See the same phrase, Luke xxi. 13. I conjure "I conjure you spare no time, no address or pains to learn the true cause τῆς πάλαι ὀδυνης τῆς φίλης με, * of the former distress of my friend. I much doubt you are in the right. Μη γίνολο ἵναπτω πάλιν αμαρτάνη, Γρηγόρει, φυλάσσε, ἐς μάλιςα δύνη. Γράφε μοι, πως με δέῃ γράφειν πρός ἁυλήν. God forbid, that she should again, in like manner miss the mark. Watch over her: keep her, as much as possible. Write to me, how to write to her. "If Mr. Ingham were here, I would try to see you. But omit no opportunity of writing. Κινδυνέυω πᾶσαν ὥραν. I stand in jeopardy every hour." Let us be strong and very courageous; for the Lord our God is with us: and there is no counsel or might against him!" Mr. Charles took the hint his brother gave him, and on the 28th, sent Mr. Ingham to Savannah.+ April 4th, Mr. Wesley set out for Frederica, in a Pettiawga, a sort of flat-bottomed barge, and the following evening they anchored near Skidoway island, where the water at flood, was twelve or fourteen feet deep. Mr. Wesley wrapped himself up in a large cloak, and lay down on the quarter-deck: but in the course of the night he rolled out of his cloak, and fell into the sea, so fast asleep that he knew not where he was, till his mouth was full of water. He swam round to a boat, and got out without any injury, more than wetting his clothes. This instance gives us a lively view of his fortitude and presence of mind in the midst of surprise and danger. Mr. Wesley left Frederica, and arrived at Savannah on the 20th. The next day he wrote to his brother ; and among other things observes, "I still extremely pity poor Mrs. Hawkins: but what can I do more, till God shews me who it is that continually exasperates her against me? Then I may perhaps be of some service • See a similar construction of áλas, 2 Pet. i. 9. to |